Asclepias tuberosa L.

Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Apocynaceae

Genus: Asclepias

Species: Asclepias tuberosa

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
MA - State Watch List
ME - State Extirpated
NH - State Endangered
RI - Concern
VT - State Threatened (Historic)
CT WAP (2015) - GCN (Important)

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: Not Listed

PHOTOS OF Asclepias tuberosa

ASSOCIATED SPECIES

Associated Species	Type of Associate	Reference
Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)	Predator (larvae)	See photo
Lygaeus kalmii (Small Milkweed Bug)	Predator (adults and larvae)	See photo